Bank



Jan, 19 1926. 1,569,975

A. L. HANSEN BANK Filed May 25 1923 jazz/67x02 Patented Jan. 19, 1926 1UNITED STATES PATIENT orfilce.

AUGIE L. HANSEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. L. HANSEN MFG.00., or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

BARK.

Application filed May 25, 1923. Serial No. 641,321.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGIE L. HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new "and useful Improvements in Banks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in banks, and more particularlyto small portable banks for savings purposes, such as are commonlydistributed by banking institutions to promote savings of small amounts.

The object of the invention is to provide a small and secure savingsbank or depository, which may be carried in the pocket if desired, andequipped with sufiiciently secure locking means as to prevent itsopening with ordinary tools. As a preferable form or shape, the bank isspherical and its exterior finished to resemble a playing ball such as agolf ball or base ball, this with the idea of creating greater interestin the idea of saving, by reason of the novel character of the meansemployed. As is customary, the savings institution retains a key whichwill openthe bank. The savings depositor delivers the bank to theinstitution from time to time, and the savings are removed and creditedto his savings account.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bank,

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view through what may be termed the polaraxis,

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken transversely of the polar axisas on line 3, 3

of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the key.

As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, the bank is made up of twohemi-spherical sections 1 and 2 joined together along an equatorial line3. Extending about the inside edge of the upper section 1 is a ring orband 4 firml soldered 0r brazed in place. A portion 0 this ring projectsbeyond the edge of the section and forms a ange coacting with the edgeface of the section to form a seat for the other section or counterpart2 which it will be observed abuts edgewise against the edge of the uppersection.

0 At one point in the equatorial circumference is formed a coin slot 5provided in the following manner: A portion of the projecting flange ofthe ring 4 is removed or cut out as at 6 (Figure 2) for a distancesubstantially equal to the diameter of a coin.

A corresponding slot .7 is cut in the edge of the lower sectionwhich,'when brought into register with the slot 6, forms the opening orcoinslot 5. In forming the slot 7 in the section 2 ears or lugs 8, 8 areretained, these being bent inwardly and provide, locking members whichengage the ends of the slot 6 formed in the ring 4, thus serving tolocate the two slots, and more especially to prevent the relativerotation of one section with respect to the other.

The two sections are secured together by means of a post or stud 9extending from pole to poleand secured in such a manner as to becomparatively inaccessible for oper' ation without a special key. Thepost has at one end a flat-sided head 9, and at its other end a threadedportion 9. Sunk into the upper section 1 at its pole is a sleeve 10 ofsuch length that the head of the post is depressed a short distancebelow the surface of the sphere. The post is inserted through an openingat the base of the sleeve and turns freely therein, there beingpreferably ears 11,11 formed on the post below the head to prevent itsdropping out. At the pole of the lower section 2 is fixed an internallythreaded block 12 having a stud 12 which is inserted in a hole punchedin the section at the pole and upset to secure the block in place. Thethreaded portion of the post 9 engages the block 12 so that by fittingthe sections together and then rotating the post by the use of the key13 (F igure 4), the bank is either closed or opened. The key 13 isprovided with a slot 13 at its end which fits the flat-sided head of thepost.

In order to prevent the coins from passing outwardly through the coinslot 5, a flexible or spring guard 14 is mounted within the bank. Thisconsists of a thin strip of spring metal fixed at one end to the pole ofthe lower section 2 by means of the block 12, the stud 12 thereofpassing through a hole punched in said strip. 'The strip is furtheranchored by means of a circular plate 15 which is ap lied over the zonesur rounding the pole o the lower section and to the outer surfacethereof, this zone being preferably depressed, thereby permitting theplate 15 to be countersunk into said depression. At opposite points onthe periphery of the plate 15 are provided prongs 15, 15, which projectthrough openings punched throiigh the metal of the section 2, and thenbent over and down upon the edges of the strip 14, as shown in Figure 8.

From. its point of fastening, the strip 1% extends along the insidesurface of the lower section, terminating in a bifurcated end portionforming fingers 16, 16. The tips of these fingers are bent inwardly andpartially obstruct or project over the coin slot 5. iVhen a coin isinserted the fingers give suil'iciently to permit the coin to pass,subsequently springing back into position so that the coin or othercoins cannot pass outwardly through the slot. In this manner coins areprevented from falling out, or being shaken out, in an efi'ort to removethem.

In view of the method used in securing the sections together, it isessential to lock the sections against relative rotation, whichotherwise would allow the post to become unscrewed from its socket inthe block 12. Hence the necessity of the lugs or cars 8, 8 at the endsof the coin slot, or similar locking means.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bank comprising apair of hemispherical sections adapted to besecured together in abutting engagement, one of said sections having aninternal flange interfitting with the edge of the other section, saidflange and last mentioned section having complementary slots thereinadapted to reg ister with each other to form a coin slot, and lockingmembers formed at the ends of said coin slot for locking said sectionsagainst relative rotation.

2. A bank comprising hemispherical sections, means for detachablyconnecting said sections in abutting contact, one of said sections beingprovided with a marginal flange inter-fitting with the edge of the othersection, a coin slot cut in said interfitting marginal portions of saidsections, and lock ing lugs formed at the ends of the slot in theoutermost portion and adapted to engage the complementary slot in theinnermost portion.

3. A bank comprising hemi-s iherical sections adapted to he seemedtogether in cdgen'ise abutting contact, a reinforcing ring extendingaround the inner marign of one of said sections and having a flangeprojecting beyond the edge thereof, com plementary slots formed in saidflange and in the edge of the other section and adapted to be broughtinto register to form a coin slot, and lugs formed at the end of oneslot in said other section and adapted to engage the ends of the slot insaid flange to lock said sections against relative rotation.

-.-i-. A bani; comprising hemispherical sections adapted to be securedtogether in edgeivise abutting contact, an intm'nal reinforcing ringextending around the edge of one of said sections and. projectingtherebeyond to provide a seat for the margin of the other rection,regiatcring openings cut in said ring and in the edge of the lastmentioned section to provide a coin slot, there being provided imvardlybent cars at the ends of the opening in said section adapted to engagethe ends of the opening in said flange to lock said scrtions againstrelative rotation.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 21st day of May,A. I)., 1923.

AUGIE L. HANSEN.

